I'm so glad I found this channel. Very passionate (WTF) Taekwondo practitioner from Belgium speaking here. There aren't that many pure Taekwondo centered youtube channels. Great to see someone like you who's so passionate about this Korean martial art. I'm gonna go take another look at your channel and see what videos you already currently have. Cheers and good luck!!
Thank you for your kind words! I am happy to hear that you like the videos! :) I have been trained in a more traditional way, so I can only make videos about traditional martial arts. I hope that you will find the videos interesting and useful for your own TKD practice!
Hi Nora,somehow I recognized in your videos of TKD you are special,I can't describe it,I just know...I am a TKD mom and I will show your videos to my child. Thanks
Those five tenets really are not just five principles, these are pretty much characteristics of a good person that I imagine many would struggle to satisfy. I always found martial arts to be violent because of the constant sparring and breaking, and it interests me how it turns out to have so many peaceful elements. I just wonder if I was involved in this sport, if instructors would constantly look at how I follow the guidelines being beginner. And whether I would be told if I'm following them correctly to not accidentally break the oath?
Thank you for your comment! You are absolutely right, these tenets are describing a good person in general. The job is for many instructors is to identify whether a student is able to follow these principles or not. My master had many people applying who wanted to learn Taekwon-do, but he turned them down, simply because they only wanted to learn how to hurt other people and did not care about the philosophy. Those people are not suitable to become martial artists and it takes a great master to recognise that as well as keep the students on the right path throughout their training. During exams, the students not only show their physical skills but they have to demonstrate the tenets during classes as well as talk about them during the examination and explain what it means to them. Luckily, martial arts is not only sparring and breaking and everybody can find something in it that makes them interested and involved more.
Nora Csiszar Thanks for the reply! Wow, well it's really good of your instructor to draw the lines for how students may behave, I can imagine how entering such a sport is like entering another planet where you really need some pre-existing qualities in order to really explore this world.. I just wonder how I would know that I'm following the principles correctly if they have different meaning to different people? And would it take long to become a true follower of the tenets? And how would the instructors know if you're applying them to everyday life as well?
You have great questions! :) I think that the principles have a universal meaning and everyone knows them and applies them in their everyday lives not just during TKD training. For example: standing up for yourself and for other during a difficult situation is important no matter whether you are an activist who is trying to save trees or a martial artist who is stopping a fight. Just like everything, it takes time and effort to learn TKD and the principles, it is a way of life. The instructors somehow "know" how you are doing during, that is part of their mastery :) in everyday life, other people around the student would recognise that him/her has changed in some way. For example, when I started my training in elementary school, I became more focused at school because TKD has taught me to concentrate and never give up (for example during a difficult school exam).
*[...] Those people are not suitable to become martial artists and it takes a great master to recognise that as well as keep the students on the right path throughout their training.* You are Goddess, Nora. Do you know that? To find a person with a pure (something bigger than just good/positive) heart is a very difficult task, maybe even close to impossible. Like I said before, You're a true martial artist everyone should follow. So is Your master. Many dojos and dojangs have already forgotten the moral basics of their styles and aim only for the art of kill. Many martial artists just want to be superior to others. "The skills are not the shield to protect the weak, but are in reality, a weapon to empower the worthy" - this is the way of most modern martial artists. Heck, have You ever heard the sentence "Turn your body into a weapon"? Or "FIGHT like a girl"? Or pictures or dangerous, aggressive animals as dojos' logo? Those are the slogans of modern *fighting* schools.
Thank you very much for your kind words :) I was lucky enough that I had/have the best master throughout my training, which was very important. Hope that everyone could have a great master teaching them, especially when one is young and impressionable. Martial art should be a way to learn more about yourself and overcome difficulties and be better and stronger everyday. Not about crushing others and comparing yourself, it is about building each other up and building a better world together. Martial arts does give yourself confidence and the peace of mind that you can deal with anything and you will be alright.
I honor all of them 💕
I'm so glad I found this channel. Very passionate (WTF) Taekwondo practitioner from Belgium speaking here. There aren't that many pure Taekwondo centered youtube channels. Great to see someone like you who's so passionate about this Korean martial art. I'm gonna go take another look at your channel and see what videos you already currently have. Cheers and good luck!!
Thank you for your kind words! I am happy to hear that you like the videos! :) I have been trained in a more traditional way, so I can only make videos about traditional martial arts. I hope that you will find the videos interesting and useful for your own TKD practice!
I will, thanks! :)
Hi Nora,somehow I recognized in your videos of TKD you are special,I can't describe it,I just know...I am a TKD mom and I will show your videos to my child. Thanks
Thank you very much for your kind comment :) It would be an honour for me if your child watches my TKD videos!
These are amazing
Glad you like them :)
Uh-oh Nora is breaking out the Confusious! Someone has hit the library recently
Haha, yes, I thought that quote would fit here well :) I have collected a bunch of inspiring quotes that I will be using in the upcoming videos.
Those five tenets really are not just five principles, these are pretty much characteristics of a good person that I imagine many would struggle to satisfy.
I always found martial arts to be violent because of the constant sparring and breaking, and it interests me how it turns out to have so many peaceful elements.
I just wonder if I was involved in this sport, if instructors would constantly look at how I follow the guidelines being beginner. And whether I would be told if I'm following them correctly to not accidentally break the oath?
Thank you for your comment! You are absolutely right, these tenets are describing a good person in general. The job is for many instructors is to identify whether a student is able to follow these principles or not. My master had many people applying who wanted to learn Taekwon-do, but he turned them down, simply because they only wanted to learn how to hurt other people and did not care about the philosophy. Those people are not suitable to become martial artists and it takes a great master to recognise that as well as keep the students on the right path throughout their training. During exams, the students not only show their physical skills but they have to demonstrate the tenets during classes as well as talk about them during the examination and explain what it means to them. Luckily, martial arts is not only sparring and breaking and everybody can find something in it that makes them interested and involved more.
Nora Csiszar Thanks for the reply! Wow, well it's really good of your instructor to draw the lines for how students may behave, I can imagine how entering such a sport is like entering another planet where you really need some pre-existing qualities in order to really explore this world..
I just wonder how I would know that I'm following the principles correctly if they have different meaning to different people? And would it take long to become a true follower of the tenets? And how would the instructors know if you're applying them to everyday life as well?
You have great questions! :) I think that the principles have a universal meaning and everyone knows them and applies them in their everyday lives not just during TKD training. For example: standing up for yourself and for other during a difficult situation is important no matter whether you are an activist who is trying to save trees or a martial artist who is stopping a fight. Just like everything, it takes time and effort to learn TKD and the principles, it is a way of life.
The instructors somehow "know" how you are doing during, that is part of their mastery :) in everyday life, other people around the student would recognise that him/her has changed in some way. For example, when I started my training in elementary school, I became more focused at school because TKD has taught me to concentrate and never give up (for example during a difficult school exam).
*[...] Those people are not suitable to become martial artists and it takes a
great master to recognise that as well as keep the students on the right
path throughout their training.*
You are Goddess, Nora. Do you know that? To find a person with a pure (something bigger than just good/positive) heart is a very difficult task, maybe even close to impossible. Like I said before, You're a true martial artist everyone should follow. So is Your master. Many dojos and dojangs have already forgotten the moral basics of their styles and aim only for the art of kill. Many martial artists just want to be superior to others.
"The skills are not the shield to protect the weak, but are in reality, a weapon to empower the worthy"
- this is the way of most modern martial artists. Heck, have You ever heard the sentence "Turn your body into a weapon"? Or "FIGHT like a girl"? Or pictures or dangerous, aggressive animals as dojos' logo?
Those are the slogans of modern *fighting* schools.
Thank you very much for your kind words :) I was lucky enough that I had/have the best master throughout my training, which was very important. Hope that everyone could have a great master teaching them, especially when one is young and impressionable. Martial art should be a way to learn more about yourself and overcome difficulties and be better and stronger everyday. Not about crushing others and comparing yourself, it is about building each other up and building a better world together. Martial arts does give yourself confidence and the peace of mind that you can deal with anything and you will be alright.